It's all about balance for me. My CompSci classes gave me a good foundation - learning the basics like if/else, arrays, debugging, commenting your code (!!) helps me in everything I do including XHTML/CSS. The logic even helped my communication skills. But too much studying and not enough doing is counterproductive. I learned more in a month of writing a PHP script than I did in six months of studying the Zend manual.
I know best the things I broke and had to fix. For example, I know how to make JQuery compatible with Mootools because I discovered the hard way that using JQuery on a Joomla site will break Virtuemart and nobody will be able to buy things on the site. Now I'm investing the time learning to write classes using Mootools, a combination of study and practice. I'm sure all of us have our big list - learn by doing . . . . but not just by doing. Not being a designer, I don't know what the "basics" are and I suffer the repercussions whenever I have to design. Resources like lynda.com are great but building a bunch of websites while studying would be greater. Diana Mike wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new to the web design world and I figure this a good way to get > started. My name is mike and I"m new to web design world. > > I'm starting school to get a 2nd bachelor's in web design from the art > institute (1st bba is in marketing) and I was wondering since ya'll > are in the industry, am I going in the right direction? > > I see that everyone has a different background, and i'm curious what > did everyone study or how did they get to where they are today. > > I hate to pay for something and then go nowhere afterwards. > > Mike > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
